I am going to play Devil’s advocate here. As much as I dislike Abeille’s mother, she still should have told her mother where she would be, especially if she did promise her mother. And this IS coming from someone with mother like Abeille’s. It’s frustrating as hell, believe me, but it’s not worth getting into more trouble.

As someone who also has a mother like Amaryllis, I disagree. Abeille is an adult who doesn’t need constant supervision (remember how her parents mentioned “monthly checkup calls”? It sounded like they didn’t trust her to be okay on her own, or – even more likely – tried to retain some control over her, Amaryllis in particular). If she did promise out of her own free will, she should’ve called, but it sounds like she was guilt-tripped into it (or maybe that’s just me projecting). And I find the mother’s response largely disproportionate to the situation. She’s placing the blame of her emotions (and abuse) onto Abeille, and that’s so unfair.

For Jadeitea a side note: Abeille is the direct cause of her sister’s death a year ago and had a breakdown from just taking a run. Now we don’t know if she got any therapy (doesn’t seem so) but she did up and move to a different planet 6 months later. Of everything her mom has done – and chock me as another with a mom like that – the monthly check in is something Ihave the least issue with. Abeille handles her coping and grief with sex and distractions. Even a good mother would try to keep tabs to make sure Abeille is doesn’t self destruct as already demonatrated earlier by her previous breakdown.

To Marisol: I forgot about that part, honestly. I’m not saying Amaryllis doesn’t care for her daughter (or that Abeille is completely fine – she needs therapy stat), but regardless of that, she’s doing more damage than good. I mean, the constant guilt-tripping is not helping Abeille cope with her sister’s death in the least. Neither is treating her like a child and all the emotional abuse she’s inflicting.

Except, there was no promise. There was her mother saying they would have a fresh start tomorrow, and then basically shoving Abeille out the door with a make up gift. As someone with an in the moment head, that would not be a solid plan to me and would be forgotten. Abeille didn’t even have time the night before this call.

She’s also an adult. She cannot be in trouble. Her mother can be mad at her, but she is not in control of her.